brm_325757 - CONSTANTIUS II Maiorina
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Price : 50.00 €
Type : Maiorina
Date: mai- juin
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Usure importante. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG/ A|-.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II Auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un globe de la main droite (A’5c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Constantius Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre seigneur Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA ROMANORVM/ |-*// RT.
Reverse description : L'Empereur à cheval à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un bouclier de la gauche, terrassant un ennemi placé devant lui ; des armes brisées sous le cheval.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum” (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Augustus
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. He will reign 37 years, one of the longest reigns of the 4th century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was alone august with a Caesar, Constance Galle, whom he had executed in 354. On November 6, 355, he elevated his cousin Julian to the title of Caesar. He went to Rome in 357, then to Sirmium, which he made his capital. Faced with the Sassanid danger, he left this region in 359 and settled in Antioch. Julien is proclaimed august in February 360. Constantius dies on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.
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